Analysis of Stanzas - When should lovers breathe their vows?
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
"And while the moon reigns cold above,
Oh, warm below reign thou, my love,
And endless raptures reign with thee." — Lit. Gazette.
When should lovers breathe their vows?
When should ladies hear them?
When the dew is on the boughs,
When none else are near them;
When the moon shines cold and pale,
When the birds are sleeping,
When no voice is on the gale,
When the rose is weeping;
When the stars are bright on high,
Like hopes in young Love's dreaming,
And glancing round the light clouds fly,
Like soft fears to shade their beaming.
The fairest smiles are those that live
On the brow by starlight wreathing;
And the lips their richest incense give
When the sigh is at midnight breathing.
Oh, softest is the cheek's love-ray
When seen by moonlight hours,
Other roses seek the day,
But blushes are night flowers.
Oh, when the moon and stars are bright,
When the dew-drops glisten,
Then their vows should lovers plight,
Then should ladies listen.
Scheme | AAX BCBCDEDEFEFEXEXEGHGHIJIJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011101 11011111 0101111101 1110111 111011 1011101 111111 1011101 101110 1111101 101110 1011111 1101110 01010111 11111110 01011111 101111 001110011 10111110 11010111 111110 1010101 1101110 11010111 101110 1111101 111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 996 |
Words | 170 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 24 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 374 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 84 |
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Submitted by Madeleine Quinn on February 16, 2020
Modified by Madeleine Quinn on February 16, 2020
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